Canterburys Doom, Title page – License
Canterburies Doome. OR THE FIRST PART OF A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF The Commitment, Charge, Tryall, Condemnation, Execution of WILLIAM LAVD Late Arch-Biſhop of CANTERBURY. Containing the ſeverall Orders, Articles, Proceedings in PARLIAMENT againſt him, from his firſt Accuſation therein, till his Tryall: Together with the Various Evidences and Proofs produced againſt him at the LORDS Bar, in juſtification of the firſt branch of the COMMONS Charge againſt him; to wit, His Trayterous Endeavours to Alter and Subvert Gods True Religion, by Law eſtabliſhed among us; to introduce and ſet up Popiſh Superſtition and Idolatry in liew thereof, by inſenſible Degrees; and to Reconcile the Church of England to the Church of Rome, by ſundry Jeſuiticall Pollices, Practiſes: with his ſeverall Anſwers to thoſe Evidences, Proofs, and the COMMONS Reply thereunto. Wherein this Arch-Prelates manifold Trayterous Artifices to Uſher in Popery by Degrees, are cleerly detected, and the Eccleſiaſticall Hiſtory of our Church-affaires, during his Pontificall Domination, faithfully preſented to the publike View of the World. By WILLIAM PRYNNE, of Lincolns Inne, Eſquire; Specially deputed to this publike Service, by the Houſe of Commons Order; Dated 4 Martii. 1644.
PSAL. 7. 14, 15, 16.
Behold he travelleth with Iniquity, and hath conceived Miſchiefe, and brought forth Falſhood: He made a pit and digged it, and is fallen into the Pit that he digged: His Miſchiefe ſhall return upon his own Head, and his Violent dealing ſhall come down upon his own Pate.
PSAL. 9. 16.
The Lord is known by the Judgement which he executeth; the Wicked is ſnared in the worke of his own hands.
LONDON, Printed by John Macock, for Michael Spark ſenior, at the ſign of the Blue Bible in Green Arbour. 1646.
Die Martis 4▪ Martii. 1644.
ORdered by the Commons Aſſembled in Parliament, that Maſter Prynne be deſired to Print and publiſh all the Proceedings concerning the Archbiſhop of Canterburies Triall, with the approbation of the Committee that managed the Evidence at the ſaid Tryall. And Maſter Prynne hath power to View and ſend for Writings, Papers, Orders, and Records, and to take Coppies thereof as he ſees cauſe.
H. Elſynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.